#they’re not possessed

[rainbowtransform]

Before I start this: please do not go and say anything to this person we’re just starting a convo and that means that we’re gonna disagree ect ect

Let’s talk about this.

The first thing I notice is that you put a distinction between the Rat Grinders and the Intrepid Heros. Your wording implies that you don’t think of the Heros as the Bad Kids, or that you think the Bad Kids have that adult mind. So I think you’re saying like “oh the kids vs adults,” and that’s very much not true.

It’s a bunch of teenagers vs a bunch of teenagers. Just because the Intrepid Heros are adults that play teenagers doesn’t mean that they’re playing them as adults. The Rat Grinders and the Bad Kids are the same age, one is played by Brennan Lee Mulligan and the others are played by a group of comedians.

Plus, you don’t know they didn’t feel an ounce of sympathy. Maybe the Heros did but character wise? Their characters couldn’t give less of a fuck. Implying that they should’ve means that you wanted them to basically metagame and make their own character OOC because you wanted… what? A redemption?

The Bad Kids, for three straight years, have killed hundreds of bad guys. Not once did they feel an ounce of sympathy because it is kill or be killed. Lunch Lady Doreen, Couch Daybreak, Penelope Everpetal ect ect would have never given the Bad Kids even a chance to breathe.

And they were freshman. Children. They still are.

The Rat Grinders aren’t possessed. I don’t know when or where that started but they aren’t possessed.

They were killed, yes. They were brought back and bound to Ankarna and the rage they felt. But it was a choice. They could have denied it. They didn’t. And it is still Kipperlilly, it is still Oisin, it is still Ruben, it is still Mary-Ann, it is still Ivy, it is still Buddy, it is still Jace.

It is 100% in character for Fabian to want to skin Ivy for touching his bike and for making fun of Mazey. We already know that Fabian gets very attached to people he cares about (getting the Bad Kids gifts in the first year after a week of knowing them, crashing his father’s boat to save Riz, wanting to skin Ivy for what she’s said and done.) He is his parents’ (and Cathilda’s) son. His father would’ve done the same thing and Fabian is like him in many, many ways.

It’s 100% in character for them to target Oisin. They know their own wizard’s weakness and how powerful they can be and also he fucked with Adaine’s feelings. Of course they’re going to target him.

And what else did you expect them to do? Lay the rat grinders down in a bed of flowers? The Rat grinders would slit the Bad Kids’ throat in one moment of weakness because they hate them. They hated them from the moment they heard about their very first battle and they kept that hate. They just didn’t want them to die until they got rage starred.

And, again, they aren’t possessed. They came back of their own free will to worship an unnamed god of rage. They could have denied it, and we know this because Lucy denied it.

It’s really narratively unsatisfying to you.

You don’t like it.

I think it’s great. The Bad Kids are finally killing the kids who have been trying to wreck their shit all year.

The kids that had the star underneath the Thiselspring tree and was attempting to spread it.

The kids that are jealous that the Bad Kids get “special treatment” even though they truly don’t.

The kids that want to kill a god and bring a new one.

The kids that were going to kill the Proctor so the Bad Kids would fail.

The kids that brought in a Helio cleric, and then made fun of him (Oisin and Ivy) and then killed him to bring him to Porter’s side.

The kids that played with both Adaine and Fabian’s feelings.

The kids that helped bring the Nightmare King back.

The kids that sent the Nightmare King to Fabian’s home to throw it so far out that they’d be able to destroy Elmville and make Porter the new god.

The kids that brought a bunch of dragons to kill 500+ teenagers in Fabian’s home.

The kids that were told, over and over and over again, not to fuck with the Bad Kids.

Yeah. I’m glad they’re getting their shit rocked. It’s narratively satisfying that after ten months of the Rat Grinders fucking with the Bad Kids that the Bad Kids are finally killing the rat grinders just like they (trg) would killed them (tbk).

You cannot honestly sit there and expect me to think that the Rat Grinders wouldn’t let the Bad Kids die the most gruesome death imaginable by Porter’s mace or by Jace’s spells or even by their own hands. It’s kill or be killed and the Bad Kids have always, always, always chosen kill.

Anyway, all this to say that you can like whoever you want. I’m not a cop. But you’re not allowed to say it’s narratively unsatisfying because you don’t like it, when it is character wise and it’s cathartic for the Bad Kids.

Do y’all,,, know that the rat grinders are juniors? They’re the same age as the Bad Kids. They’re not freshman. If the rat grinders are kids, so are the Bad Kids.

In a world where the only way anybody ever listened or believed them is when they dragged a corpse into view, the Bad Kids are doing what they do best: killing what will kill them.

[bruciemilf]

There’s something off about Bruce.

Dick’s eye is trained for detail; He has to calculate every leap, every step, every breath, every count. He’s a showman. Everything is routine, and routine is everything.

Injury isn’t unusual, especially for his father .He out stubborns Tim in resisting medical examinations, after all.

For Bruce, secrets are protection. He lied about every injury he had when Dick was Robin, suffering in silent agony as the pain grew and grew, a tradition he carries on from Jason to Damian.

If Bruce screams, it’s bad.

“God fucking dammit, how the fuck does he do this? Who the fuck breaks their femur AND just carries on? Jesus FUCKING Christ.”

Bruce curses under his breath, profanity hushed. Dick’s veins freeze, blood turning to stone. He guesses his shock is obvious because Jason mirrors it to perfection.

One; Bruce doesn’t curse.

Two; He definitely doesn’t curse in a jersey accent.

The unease is pungent. Alfred practically tastes it, vitriolic as anything. His chest is taut, pulse slow, “Sir,” it’s cautious, “Shall I prepare the supplies?”

‘Bruce’ waves his hand, voice gruffer, lower, smokey, “Yeah, thanks, babe,”

Alfred blinks. And whoever pretends to be Bruce, blinks back, almost like a deer being cornered by an English hound, smile a bit boyish and unsure.

“…Thomas?”

“… Okay, you’re gonna laugh—“

Dick is reeling, because apparently:

His dead grandparents have been possessing his father throughout the years and they, wards to the best detective in the world, never caught on.

“Look, I get you’re pissed, BUT,” It’s so unbelievably weird watching Bruce be so expressive;

His hands move energetically, like they have their own voices, and his rain soft voice catches on fire when his father talks through him,

“This IS 50% MY body, technically.“

“Thomas, dear, that is not how that works. Come now, you’re scaring our grandchildren.”

And Jason’s voice is uncharacteristically soft when he speaks, more posh, more elegant . That is not his brother.

Alfred passes out, to no one’s surprise.

[thisiswhereikeepdcthings]

I think Duke Thomas should get to give off eldritch horror vibes to all JL-associated magic users. As a treat.

[tornado1992]

A lot of Tails’ stuff being blue, most of Sonic’s belongings having a hint of yellow.

[cuppajj]

yknow while I don’t subscribe to golden cheese x burning spice, I think Spice having an unrequited, toxic crush on cheese is a fun and scary angle

(yap below, tw for possessive/obsessive themes)

Spice wouldn’t have taken her seriously before and during BY 5 and 6, seeing her as little more than a thief with squandered potential that he just wants to see changed. She’s not supposed to be weak, he’s supposed to be a legitimate adversary. He’s bored, and she’s supposed to excite him! It’s why he’s mad when she gets her ass handed to him, and why he’s elated when he learns she escaped her birdcage. That burning anticipation for a reunion continues throughout the story, with Spice hunting her down for their (what he assumes) final fight, not wanting to waste any more moments without her in his sight. Sure, he believes he’ll kill her then and there, and go on to destroy everything she holds dear. It’s par for the course for all the heroes he’s seen and slain. She’s more special, a little different, but the same. It’s even looking like that when he finally tracks down and battles her, seeing the lost queen desperate and hanging on by a thread.

But then she puts up a fight. She defies his expectations. She turns into something more powerful than he could ever fathom and Spice isn’t even mad, he’s not horrified, he’s ecstatic. The most ecstatic he’s likely ever been in centuries to millennia. Finally, finally, Spice has something new. After a long and tired quest to make his life more interesting, he has it. And then the temple collapses on him, and his new light disappears. It’s not the end of the road for him, though, no. He laughs under the rubble. It’s clear he’s not given up, and he wants to see her again. He will see her again. He must see her again.

Spice never stops thinking of the day Cheese came back from the edge of death and teased him with power that he’s desperate to get a taste of. He wanted her to be entertaining, and he almost doubted her, but she proved to be it and more. She surprised him. She amused him. She, just like his addiction to destruction, provided an avenue to cure his boredom. His imagination runs wild with ideas of what she could do and how she could entertain him, his bird, just like she did back then. He wants to lock her up again and watch her plow through his underlings again. He could play other dangerous games just to see how she’d do. And he wants another fight, he wants to see her on the edge, but then what? What other surprise could she give him? She could find a way for him, or else he’ll just force her to find a way for him. Maybe her new wings could be torn off too, and she’ll once again crawl and struggle until she rises up stronger than ever. Because she’s full of those surprises, isn’t she? They can do this forever. As immortals, they have all the time in the world for each other.

I like to think that Spice isn’t fully aware of his feelings for her, but he’s aware of how she makes him feel. The thought of her and her power makes his jam boil and chest flare with tingling heat. Remembering her limp in his clutch makes his dough tingle with fervor. Maybe he notices that his breath hitches in the smallest way when he thinks of how she’s somewhere out there, waiting for him. It’s something not even destruction could make him feel, no, the little bird is above that. She makes him feel this way and he likes it. He wants more. Spice wants to keep her, plain and simple. He had her in his grasp once, and she ran away with the promise of more. He wants more. He wants it. He wants her. And maybe, if he takes away everyone she’s ever known and loved, she’ll have no one but him. His little bird, his to entertain him forever.

Cheese is absolutely none the wiser to this, and she’ll be in for a hell of a ride when their paths cross once more.

[mohntilyet]

about illario working with the venatori, we can't forget that elgar'nan gifted him blood magic, so I do think that he somewhat influenced him and that's why he's so much more vindictive and jealous in comparison to tevinter nights. I don't mean that he's being mind controlled, but it's a bit like cyrian, a god just amplifying those negative emotions in you and promising power and glory can push a person to that edge and to make stupid af decisions.

im also not forgetting that zara line in inner demons where she talks about an envy demon. like. why an envy demon in specific...there's THINGS between zara and illario that were not shown

no literally if you get me talking about illario + envy + the possibility of getting him possessed, you will have me here for fucking ever. a non mage doing blood magic (any magic at all) is really weird and interesting to me and i don’t remember an example of this happening before (feel free to correct me tho lol. i’m discounting possessions and dwarves)

i had started wildly theorising after bloodbath that he had been possessed and he was tapping into the fade using an envy demon. especially like you said, zara mentions it, AND because i swear there’s a codex in the ossuary where it mentions an envy demon whereas spite is obviously determination, right? so i thought it was a breadcrumb trail to a big “illario is being influenced and doesn’t even know” reveal— same as you anon like great minds am i right— but i’m not sure there is actually any evidence of that lol. like maybe if you squint but i do believe it was explained away by “oh yeah, and elgarnan let him do special blood magic”

it does also make sense to me that illario can only control lucanis, due to being part of the same family. a bloodline thing, and it is very poetic to me that their shared family connection in caterina is what allows him to control lucanis, even for a moment lol. spite being the extra magical boost that lucanis needs to block that out ALSO makes sense to me so i’m not too fussed abt these details lol🤔

the envyllario in my heart also gets spectral weapons for himself. lucanis gets wings, illario gets talons, PLUS green-purple are complementary colors so it would have been really fun to see them clash with their spirit/demon-powers. the talon thing is also a kind of reflection of his end-goal desire, how envy demons already have those freaky hands, and it manifests as claws and is a much more aggressive, strength-augmenting manifestation (as opposed to manoeuvrability and speed-augmenting that spite’s wings give lucanis.) anyways that's what the diagram above is supposed to be (this is extremely hot to me)

[shepscapades]

Uhm hi Shep 👉👈

if I were to request more Xisuma, what would you sayyyy?

(P.S. saw you redraw one of the mini doodles for the last request - this time, can it be the cleo and X one?)

Well normally i would rush to find a little xisuma to share from part 3 (which is almost done btw >:3), but I remembered that little doodle of cleo hugging x and whipped this up because they are so special to me and I think xisuma should get 100000 comforting hugs

[thatbuddie]

after buck and eddie get together they’re going to show their jealousy/possessiveness in different ways: eddie’s going to be all cocky about it and he’ll love showing buck off and getting to tell people who obviously want buck “yeah, this is my partner, this is my husband” while buck will be hiding eddie behind him and keeping him all to himself and hissing at anyone that tries to get too close

[beatsfornone]

[ultravioletbrit]

“chase” - Jegulus microfic - @into-the-jeggyverse - 285 words

 

James is walking out of his History of Magic class chatting with his friend, Davey. James hates History of Magic because it is utterly boring, and he says as much to Davey.

“Merlin, Binns is so boring I can barely stay awake.”

“I know, he is the most—” Davey starts, but he stops mid-sentence. “Uh… yeah, really boring… I have to go.” Davey says quickly then turns on his heel and practically runs away.

James is very confused until he turns around and sees Regulus leaning against the wall with one of his murderous glares that James assumes was just directed at Davey. He sighs and walks over to Regulus and leans down to kiss him on the cheek.

“You know, you don’t have to chase away every person I talk to.” James tells him. 

“He was flirting with you.” Regulus continues to glare at him.

“He was not flirting. He was being nice. I know it’s not a concept you’re very familiar with, but it is possible to be nice to someone without flirting. Plus, Davey is straight and he has a girlfriend.” James says.

Regulus just huffs and crosses his arms over his chest.

“I just want to make sure everyone knows you’re taken.” He basically pouts.

“Believe me, love, you’ve made sure everyone knows.” James kisses his forehead. “Possessive little shit.” He teases under his breath and wraps his arms around Regulus’ waist. Regulus just rolls his eyes.

“Hey Regulus!” Someone says as they walk by.

“He’s taken!” James shouts.

When he turns back to Regulus, he’s staring at him with one eyebrow raised and an amused look on his face.

“Shut up.” James mumbles as he leans down to kiss Regulus.

[lilidawnonthemoon]

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 307

It all started with the class failing to well, fail, despite their best attempts, at a competition. And it all ended with them mayhaps accidentally-on-purpose kidnapping some local cryptids. And a crocodile man. And a polite zombie dude. And- okay so maybe they smuggled a bunch of people out of the city they were staying at for the whole tour thing they didn’t particularly care for. 

But come on, what were they supposed to do? Not take the yellow-eyed liminal bird-people who felt all confused and sick and hurt? Not on their watch! Liminals stick together, and GIW can’t get into Amity anyway, so it’s safest there! And they understand the crocodile dude- Waylon? Lovely name Waylon- not wanting to let random people, teens or not, kidnap his friend Grundy. 

Don’t worry, they’re just gonna get him medical care ‘cause memory stuff isn’t good. Just shh, no one tell any government people, vigilantes or no. They’ve had enough of that with the GIW honestly. 

[azriaann]

in celebration of nalu week!!!! the cuties!!!!

[pastelpaperplanes]

Art Dump!!

want to see me draw a floating head? want to see me do it again? want to see me do it again? want t

[heavenbarnes]

I 100% believe that olderbf! Simon lovessss purposely giving hickeys before going out (esp when he brings her out with TF141) so that people knows that she belongs to him 😞 I think maybe we should do the same to him 🥸

YEAH 🥹

it’s impossible not to know that you’re simon’s it’s even down to the way he stands beside you, never far and always with a hand lingering

but he will mark you up so it’s kind of like “if you can see this you’re too close”

if you leave hickeys on him? that man might cream his jeans

seeing you so possessive over him actually makes the blood rush south and he gets lightheaded

[bones-of-a-rabbit]

A rlly old idea I still think is the funniest shit ever: the Afton Virus AU boys propose using handcuffs instead of rings lol